Bill Text: CA SB1007 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Career technical education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-08-20 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. [SB1007 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1007-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1007 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
An act to amend Section 8070 of, and to add
Article 10 (commencing with Section 52495) to Chapter 9 of Part 28 of
Division 4 of Title 2 of, of the
Education Code, relating to career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1007, as amended, Wyland. Career technical education:
expansion: local advisory committees. Career technical
education.
(1) Existing
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a high
school district, the governing board of a joint powers regional
occupational center or program, or the county superintendent of
schools that conducts any county-operated regional occupational
center or program, to establish and maintain, in connection with a
high school or regional occupational center or program under its or
his or her jurisdiction, cooperative career technical education
programs or community classrooms as part of a career technical
education course in accordance with prescribed rules and regulations.
This bill would state findings and declarations of the Legislature
regarding the need for career technical education programs, and
would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State
Board of Education to consider ways to expand
various measures to enhance and improve career technical
education programs in middle and high schools in the state.
education.
(2) Existing law requires the governing board of each school
district participating in a career technical education program to
appoint a career technical education advisory committee to develop
recommendations on the program and to provide liaison between the
district and potential employers. The committee is required to
consist of specified representatives.
This bill would require that the committee include members of
labor and trade organizations and additional representatives, from
various career technical education industry sectors, recommended by
local industry organizations, except as specified. By requiring the
governing board of a school district to work with industry
organizations to reconstitute the membership of that committee in
order to continue participating in a career technical education
program, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes no .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:
(a) The economic future of California depends on a workforce ready
to fill thousands of jobs in a variety of fields.
(b) As many as 80 percent of jobs do not require a bachelor's
degree.
(c) Although a significant percentage of these jobs will not
require even a high school diploma, it is important that all students
graduate from high school with basic skills and knowledge.
(d) Many jobs that do not require a postsecondary degree do,
however, require specific job skills.
(e) Career technical education contributes to graduation from high
school and preparation for work after high school.
(f) California's high school dropout rate is at least one-fifth,
and may be as much as one-third, of all students, is significantly
higher among poor students, minority students, and English learner
students, and is dramatically reduced among those students who take
career technical courses.
(g) Career technical course offerings have diminished
significantly over time, skilled teachers of these courses are
retiring without being replaced, school facilities for career
technical education have declined, and current budget policy
threatens the very existence of career technical education.
(h) The lack of teachers for career technical education is among
the obstacles to expansion of career technical education.
(i) All young people deserve to believe they will have significant
and important roles as adults, and, by teaching important skills,
career technical education contributes to participants' sense of
self-worth.
(j) All persons who contribute to our society, through whatever
occupation, deserve our respect, including persons who do not have a
postsecondary degree.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:
(a) The economic future of California depends on a workforce ready
to fill hundreds of thousands of jobs in a variety of fields, from
construction to computer technology to health care.
(b) California is not graduating pupils with the necessary skills
or training to enter into the various fields described in subdivision
(a).
(c) California high schools have an unacceptable rate of pupils
who do not graduate.
(d) Up to 70 percent of jobs require basic skills and often
postsecondary training, but do not require a college degree.
(e) All young people deserve the opportunity to believe in
themselves as significant and important additions to our society and
economy.
(f) The lack of opportunities for high school pupils to be exposed
to career technical education has contributed to the problems
described in subdivisions (b) and (c).
SEC. 2. Section 8070 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
8070. (a) The governing board of each school district
participating in a career technical education program shall establish
and appoint a career technical education advisory committee to
develop recommendations on the program and to provide liaison between
the school district and potential employers.
(b) The committee shall include one or more representatives of the
general public knowledgeable about the disadvantaged, pupils,
teachers, school administration, and the field office of the
Employment Development Department, and members of labor and trade
organizations, who shall be appointed by the governing board of the
school district.
(c) The committee also shall include representatives of career
technical education industry sectors who shall be appointed by the
governing board of the school district from lists of recommended
individuals provided by the applicable local industry organizations
pursuant to paragraph (2).
(1) Based on the needs of the school district, the governing board
of the school district shall select at least five of the following
career technical education industry sectors to be represented on the
committee:
(A) Agriculture and natural resources.
(B) Building trades and construction. If the governing board of
the school district selects this sector for representation on the
committee, there shall be at least two representatives of this
industry sector appointed to the committee.
(C) Finance and business.
(D) Health science and medical technology.
(E) Manufacturing and product development.
(F) Transportation, with a focus on the automotive industry.
(G) Arts, media, and entertainment.
(H) Education, child development, and family services.
(I) Energy and utilities.
(J) Engineering and design.
(K) Fashion and interior design.
(L) Hospitality, tourism, and recreation.
(M) Information technology.
(N) Marketing, sales, and service.
(O) Public services.
(P) Goods movement.
(2) Local industry organizations representing the industry sectors
selected by the governing board of the school district pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall provide lists of individuals that the
organizations recommend to serve on the committee as representatives
of the respective industry sectors. An industry organization may
provide a list of recommended individuals only for an industry sector
that it represents.
(d) If a school district demonstrates that it is unable to find
representatives from the industry sectors set forth in paragraph (1)
of subdivision (c), that school district may waive the requirements
of subdivision (c). If a school district waives the requirements of
subdivision (c), that school district may appoint representatives
from other industry sectors as potential employer liaisons pursuant
to subdivision (a).
SEC. 3. SEC. 2. Article 10
(commencing with Section 52495) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 28 of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 10. Miscellaneous
52495. The Superintendent and the state board shall consider ways
to expand career technical education in middle and high schools in
California, including any of the following:
(a) Seeking public-private partnerships to provide facilities and
equipment for career technical courses.
(b) Incorporating career technical courses in the standard high
school curriculum.
(c) Allowing high schools to include a significant number of
career technical courses in their requirements for graduation.
(d) Developing extensive curriculum frameworks, guidelines, and
instructional materials for the courses described in subdivisions (b)
and (c).
(e) Creating robust school district advisory committees to assist
in planning for career technical courses and to seek private sector
assistance to provide training, internships, and information about
careers in various fields.
(f) Developing methods of career technical teacher training and
recruitment, which may include those with college training or
teachers whose background is based on experience in the field in
which he or she may teach.
52495. The Superintendent and the state board shall consider
measures to ensure all of the following:
(a) That each school district offers courses that provide pupils
with the opportunity to acquire entry-level employment skills in
business or industry upon graduation from high school.
(b) That each school district adjusts its high school graduation
requirements in a manner that otherwise capable pupils who may not
wish to complete the most advanced academic requirements necessary
for college admission nevertheless are able to graduate from high
school with career technical skills.
(c) That the California State University offers college majors
that can train career technical teachers.
(d) That each school district offers the opportunity for those
persons interested in teaching career technical courses, but who may
not have the requisite teacher training, to teach those courses with
appropriate training.
(e) That each school district designs career technical courses
based on collaboration with business and industry from each sector of
the economy.
(f) That each school district develops, where possible,
partnerships with local businesses to further the goals of career
technical education.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
